When will white people stop making movies like Avatar?
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No, because these movies also include the white teacher or aid helping the minorities from themselves (gangs, drugs, family life, etc.). Even though Apocalypto showed the Mayans in a negative light, it was decent in that you had an Indian cast that occupied antagonist, protagonist, etc. and the Spanish (whites) at the end of the film are placed in an ambiguous role (for you to fill in with your historical knowledge).
Avatar was OK. Maybe I'd have liked it more if the 3-D hadn't bothered me so much...
Anyway, the movie just happens to have a white guy as the main character. It could have just as well starred Will Smith. And in that case, I bet no one would be writing an article about the black human who gets accepted into an alien culture and then becomes its most awesome member.
Potentially as good as non-white people feel after watching these movies.
Anyway, the movie just happens to have a white guy as the main character. It could have just as well starred Will Smith. And in that case, I bet no one would be writing an article about the black human who gets accepted into an alien culture and then becomes its most awesome member.
Potentially as good as non-white people feel after watching these movies.
Maybe it is. I have no experience of it, and I can really only speak for myself.
You don't know what you got 'til it's gone, as they say. I doubt that a person who is born into this "benefit" has any experience against which to assess their situation, and thus hasn't (or doesn't tend to) developed feelings of guilt on the matter. Anyone can speculate about how much worse they could have it than they do. A white person could speculate in this way. A black person could speculate in this way. But it is doubtful that many are feeling guilt for the consideration that, somewhere in history, people did bad things to other people and now they are somehow benefiting from it. Whether they ought to be feeling guilty or not is, of course, another issue.
You don't know what you got 'til it's gone, as they say. I doubt that a person who is born into this "benefit" has any experience against which to assess their situation, and thus hasn't (or doesn't tend to) developed feelings of guilt on the matter. Anyone can speculate about how much worse they could have it than they do. A white person could speculate in this way. A black person could speculate in this way. But it is doubtful that many are feeling guilt for the consideration that, somewhere in history, people did bad things to other people and now they are somehow benefiting from it. Whether they ought to be feeling guilty or not is, of course, another issue.
That reminds me of this message board I went to years ago where a few users were going on about how we will never have a black president. And now that we have a black president, they're all saying, "oh, he isn't really black," because, of course, by "black" they meant militant, fist-pumping, AK carrying, bad mutha-shut-your-mouth.
If the tables were turned, historically, we'd be talking about how convenient it is for non-whites to play dumb. There isn't anything inherently noble about non-whites that would change how they act and feel if the roles were reversed. White people especially do not identify themselves as a collective.
They're right on both accounts, obama is great in the sense that minority youth now at least feel they can be president ("the most important position in the country") one day, and hopefully they will be the "real" blacks, browns, whatever who come to rectify some of the lingering injustices present in this country/
They're right on both accounts, obama is great in the sense that minority youth now at least feel they can be president ("the most important position in the country") one day, and hopefully they will be the "real" blacks, browns, whatever who come to rectify some of the lingering injustices present in this country.
So basically you are saying racism doesn't exist, or am I wrong? You are saying that nothing should be done or said about racism for fear of being racist yourself?
The simple point is, someone is doing something, and someone else is feeling the effects. Whether the aggressor wants to admit to his actions or not is his prerogative, but I'm sure the affected person will continue to speak on how he is being affected.
The simple point is, someone is doing something, and someone else is feeling the effects. Whether the aggressor wants to admit to his actions or not is his prerogative, but I'm sure the affected person will continue to speak on how he is being affected.